Artist: Elmari Steyn
Unique State
Paper size: 76(h) x 56(w)cm
Medium: multiplate etching, aquatint and chine-collé, hand colouring with 23k gold leaf
Price: $1,400 framed
Artist’s statement
On an untamed expanse of land there lived a man who took his time and planted many trees; trees collected on his many wanderings. Over time the trees grew dense and tangled and hid the man as he grew old. Passers-by would sometimes glimpse him, lanky and still, in brief slanting rays of sunlight. Could have short conversations. Long after he passed, they recalled the conversations and sometimes wondered if they had talked to the man or the trees.
